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A car plunged 25 feet after crashing through a downtown barrier Monday, but the driver suffered only minor injuries thanks to a well-placed trash bin. His sedan landed upside-down atop the bin, its trunk accepting the brunt of the impact.
Witnesses told police that the man was honking his horn frantically as his car rolled down a hill on Seneca Street and through a red light at 1st Avenue–a possible sign of brake or other mechanical failure.
Instead of heading into traffic exiting off the Alaskan Way Viaduct, he steered toward a barrier and crashed through it toward the street below.
Fire department medics attended to the man, but he had only minimal injuries, said police spokeswoman Debra Brown.
